The Frederick H. Alms Memorial Park is a Cincinnati park in the community of Mt. Lookout/Columbia-Tusculum

Columbia-Tusculum, Cincinnati

Columbia-Tusculum is the oldest neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio and is located on the East Side of the city. According to CincinnatiHome.org, as of 1997, the population of Columbia-Tusculum was 2,619. 90.3 percent of the population is white and 42.9 percent are between 25 and 44 years old...

, most often called "Alms Park" for short, owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board

Cincinnati Park Board

The Cincinnati Park Board maintains and operates all city parks in Cincinnati, Ohio. Established in 1911 with the purchase of , today the board services more than of city park space. The board receives its funding from the city, state and federal grants, as well as private endowments. In 1932 the...

. The land was originally owned by Nicholas Longworth, once the wealthiest man in Cincinnati and patriarch

Patriarch

Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...

 of the Longworth family

Longworth family

The Longworth family is most closely associated with Cincinnati, Ohio, and was one of Cincinnati's better-known families during the 19th and 20th centuries. The founder of the Ohio family, Nicholas Longworth , came to Cincinnati from Newark, New Jersey sometime before 1808...

. The landscaping was designed by the Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

 landscape architect

Landscape architect

A landscape architect is a person involved in the planning, design and sometimes direction of a landscape, garden, or distinct space. The professional practice is known as landscape architecture....

 Albert Davis Taylor

Albert Davis Taylor

Albert Davis Taylor was an American landscape architect and author, notable for his many gardens and his promotion of garden shows. He designed parks and other public works, subdivisions and private estates, primarily in Ohio....

. The pavilion

Pavilion (structure)

In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...

 at the park is in the Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 13th century to about 1600, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe...

 style, completed in 1929 by architects Stanley Matthews and Charles Wilkins Short, Jr..